Need help picking a graphics card

[TheCalling15]

I need suggestions for a graphics card. What can run PR on medium settings? Try to keep it under $150-125 please. Thanks.

[LITOralis.nMd]

You can run at all high for around US$125 if you do some price shopping online and find a sale.

As always, please find out the exact make and model of your power supply and the rated wattage, so we don't suggest a card which requires more juice than your PSU can supply.

My general reply to those in the US asking for websites:
Quote:
My suggestion is based upon finding the best prices, not on specific hardware...

start checking online deals websites daily:
my personal preferred bargain hunting websites:
Amazon.com Warehouse deals on SSDs. (I picked up a Crucial M4 256Gb SSD for US$149 in November, which was cheap then and is still cheap now, it was an open box return that had a total of 12 power cycles used, i.e. almost brand new.)
slickdeals.net
fatwallet.com
bensbargains.net
dell.com outlet deals in conjunction with coupons I find on the web.
amazon.com Gold box deals
email subscription to newegg.com for their daily deals
email subscription to us.ncix.com for their weekly deals

others I check from time to time:
techbargains.com
subscribe to tigerdirect.com email daily deals.
subscribe to buy.com email daily deals.

Sign up for accounts on slickdeals.net and fatwallet.com
You can create keyword searches that are instantly emailed to your email address you sign up with,
set up email deals alerts for "Radeon" "gtx" "psu" "i5-2500k" "ssd"
set up a filter in your email to put all those alert emails to a single folder.
you'll get some desktops and notebooks mixed in the emails, but it's a pretty good otherwise.
depending on where you live,
microcenter.com
frys.com
hhgregg.com
ncix.com
All run deals for brick and mortar retail stores.

[TheCalling15]

Originally Posted by [R-COM]LITOralis.nMd

You can run at all high for around US$125 if you do some price shopping online and find a sale.

As always, please find out the exact make and model of your power supply and the rated wattage, so we don't suggest a card which requires more juice than your PSU can supply.

Athena Power AP-MFATX35 350W Mini ITX / Micro FLEX ATX / ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply for many HP Slimline System Upgrades/Replacement - Newegg.com

This is the power supply I'm going to get along with the new GPU.

[LITOralis.nMd]

That PSU is for a smaller PC case,
if that is true,
At the moment I'd suggest a Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 or a GeForce GTX 750 Ti with a short PCB, they have a ridiculously low 55W or 60W TDP , and there are some very compact and quiet designs available on the market.

The GTX750 is definitely in your price range right now,
might take a bit of web searching to find the GeForce GTX 750 Ti in your price range.

Finding the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is definitely worth the increase in horsepower.

[TheCalling15]

Originally Posted by [R-COM]LITOralis.nMd

That PSU is for a smaller PC case,
if that is true,
At the moment I'd suggest a Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 or a GeForce GTX 750 Ti with a short PCB, they have a ridiculously low 55W or 60W TDP , and there are some very compact and quiet designs available on the market.

The GTX750 is definitely in your price range right now,
might take a bit of web searching to find the GeForce GTX 750 Ti in your price range.

Finding the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is definitely worth the increase in horsepower.

It is, thanks! And will a 3.2 Ghz processor and 4 gigs of ram be good? Thank you again for your time!

[MaSSive]

Which 3.2Ghz processor? With quad yes, dual core will choke with that GPU. You can get more RAM since its not that expensive but you'll do fine with 4 and a 64bit OS.

[TheCalling15]

Originally Posted by MaSSive

Which 3.2Ghz processor? With quad yes, dual core will choke with that GPU. You can get more RAM since its not that expensive but you'll do fine with 4 and a 64bit OS.

It was a triple-core, but do you have any quad-core cpu's you can suggest to me? And yeah, I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS.

[MaSSive]

Tripple core so I assume its AMD build? Post system specs, especially mainboard model numbers.

[TheCalling15]

Originally Posted by MaSSive

Tripple core so I assume its AMD build? Post system specs, especially mainboard model numbers.

AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2GHz Triple-Core Processor (ADX450WFGMBOX) - PCPartPicker

This would be the one, and yes, it's compatible with my mobo.

[MaSSive]

I would still need your mainboard model to be able to suggest CPU. Its important because of architecture. If its AM2+ mainboard it wont run some of the newer quadcore processors.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (HDZ965FBGMBOX) - PCPartPicker